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Fri 04 Apr 2010Filipinos re-enact crucifixion of Jesus
More than a dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses and others whipped their backs until they were bloody in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ today.
The Catholic Church disapproves of the annual ritual of devotion but says it cannot stop people in Asia's largest Catholic country from being voluntarily nailed to a cross or flagellating themselves, only educate them that it isn't necessary.
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